Williamsburg
Williamsburg
“The Democratic Party must become the party of the people, of a united people, of common people who embrace modern ideas and progress. You Italians living abroad are among our...
Here is the Giglio Feast as seen from the point of view of two 16-year-old Italians who just arrived in New York and found an unexpected lively Italian community in the heart of...
i-Italy met Carl Bonomo and Steve Acunto, two representatives of the Italian-American community. They told us the history and the meaning behind the Festa del Giglio in...
In which this blogger says nothing more profound than he really, really likes figs.
I am reminded of Eugenio Montale's haunting poem upon discovering a simple barrier wall built by an Italian immigrant in Brooklyn during the 1930s.
What the Brooklyn giglio feast and an obscure musician might tell us about Italian-American culture.